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You can hear all the Who's of Whoville on DVD and Blu-Ray this holiday season. Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on December 9. The film will be released in a single-disc edition ($29.98 SRP), a two-disc special edition with Digital Copy ($34.98 SRP), a Blu-Ray edition ($39.98 SRP) and a Gift Set that includes the two-disc special edition and also comes with a Horton plush ($39.98 SRP). The film stars the voices of Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Will Arnett and Seth Rogen.

The makers of Ice Age, and comedy giants Jim Carrey and Steve Carell, bring to life Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who. An imaginative elephant named Horton (Carrey) hears a faint cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. Although Horton doesn't know it yet, that speck houses an entire city named Who-ville, inhabited by the microscopic Whos, led by the Mayor (Carell). Despite being ridiculed and threatened by his neighbors who think he has lost his mind, Horton is determined to save the particle...because "a person's a person no matter how small."

Special Features

- Directors' Audio Commentary w/ Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino

- Ice Age short "Surviving Sid" - All-new animated short focusing on the Ice Age characters Sid and Scrat.

The following features are only available on the two-disc edition and Blu-Ray editions:

These two comedic actors go ten rounds with Dr. Suess' classic book.

Dr. Suess' classic children's book Horton Hears a Who is coming to the big screen this week. Based on Theodore Geisel's 1954 literary classic, the feature length animated film features the voice talents of Jim Carrey as Horton the Elephant and Steve Carell as the Mayor of Who-Ville. No one believes Horton, the imaginative pachyderm, when he hears a tiny cry of help coming from a speck of dust. When he comes to believe that there may be life on this speck, he does everything in his power to save it.

We recently met up with both Jim Carey and Steve Carell to go one-on-one in a ten question round robin. Here is our literary breakdown and assessment of the situation:

Question 1: How does one become a Horton, and how does one become a Who?

Jim Carey: I thought of peanuts. Peanuts on my breath. I figured that I would have the sweet smell of peanuts on my breath at all times. I wanted to be the type of elephant that didn't realize he was enormous and bulky. He was light as a feather, as he puts it. He was like a dancer. He was a dancer in his head. He's not bigger than anybody else. That's kind of where I was coming from with that character. Maybe it's an inferiority complex, I don't know. He doesn't feel like he's bigger. He could do a lot of damage if he wanted to, but he doesn't feel like he has that power. He feels equal to everybody.

Steve Carell: Imagine it. Have the kids in your class imagine a world where nothing goes wrong, ever. There, everything is always happy. Everyone always gets along, and everything is always good. The sun is always shining. And then have them imagine that something goes wrong. How you would react to that.? That's kind of what being a Who is like. Especially in this story. There's this perfect world in which nothing ever goes wrong. Suddenly it is turned upside down.

Question 2: How limiting was the voice work since you both come from such a physical comedy background?

Steve Carell: I think there's a freedom within the limitations that are set up. When you are given a structure, and you can do anything within that structure, there's something freeing within that. When you can do anything, any time, anywhere, you just don't know where to focus. At least for me. The heavy-lifting is done by the animators. I think we provide as much as we can vocally. But then you see it, and you see where they've taken whatever you've done vocally, and it's so remarkable.

Jim Carey: That's the great thing about this. We are surrounded by artists who are just as creative, or more so, than we are. And I love being handled by nerds. It's fantastic, man. Just to spew something out, and then have somebody put wings on it. It's fantastic. It's a wonderful thing.

Question 3: How did you both fit this film into your very busy schedules?

Jim Carey: What they do is, they come to your house and they say, "This is going to be the simplest process in the world." They lie to you. They just completely lie to you. Anybody that they're doing that to in the future might want to take note. It is hard work. It's not as simple as they make it sound. It is a half a day here and there. Whenever you get a free moment, you're going in to do it. But the fact is, they come to you, and they really don't have a script. They have an overall idea of where they want to go, but they go, "Here's eight pages. What do you think we should do with it?" And you sit in a room and you jam. You come up with ideas, and you come up with lines. It's a very amazing process. You think, "How is this ever going get to the end and make sense?"

Steve Carell: It's also a huge leap of faith, too. Because there you are, and you don't know how anything you do will synch up with what anyone else is doing. It's all based on how the director sees it and hears it. He's the one threading all of these performances together. You give him one thousand different variations on a scene. And then he crafts it with the rest of the performances. I think it's a huge leap of faith. You can do things where you think, "Will that even work?" In terms of what he's hearing, yeah, it does work.

Question 4: Was there ever a time in your life where you felt like a speck?

Steve Carey: I know I'm a speck. Absolutely. There's no question about it. That's how I feel. Honestly. I'm an interesting speck. That's how I've always thought about it, in those terms. How can you look at the sky at night and not feel that you're a speck somewhere? I saw a picture on the Discovery Channel one time of Earth from Mars. And you could hardly find it. It was a speck. We truly are a speck. There are all different levels of that. It's just kind of where you're at. It's really true.

Steve Carell: If I think about it too much, my mind will explode. We're all so, so tiny, in the big picture. It depends on what picture you're looking at. In the really big picture, we're infinitesimal.

Jim Carey: I've always thought there were worlds within worlds within worlds, though. That somewhere on my right arm, inside a cell, there's some kind of world happening where people are sitting there, going, "Oh, I hope we don't destroy ourselves."

Steve Carell: Which gives us absolute power.

Jim Carey: He could swing that arm and hit it against a tree, and we're gone.

Jim Carey: Every once in a while I will say, "Hi!" But we don't talk a lot. I was really honored that the first thing out of her mouth when they came to her with Horton was, "Can you get Jim Carey?" I feel really honored that she wants me to be a part of the legacy. I just feel wonderful that two of these projects have come my way. I'm such a fan of Dr. Seuss. It's a great thing.

Steve Carell: I've never spoken to her.

Question 6: Are either of you surprised by the amount of fame you have attained?

Steve Carell: In terms of pinching myself about success? All day, every day. I owe a lot to Jim, frankly, for any of my success. Because essentially the first movie I was ever in was Bruce Almighty. I never got auditions for movies, and it was one of the first I'd ever gotten.

Jim Carey: He stole the whole fucking movie.

Steve Carell: No. I remember...I said this to Jim a week or two ago. I remember watching Liar Liar and thinking, "That looks like the most fun you could possibly have." Just being on that set. And at the end, with the outtakes. I thought, "Man, that just looks like a party." In my wildest dreams, I didn't think I would ever be able to be a part of that. Then a couple years later, I was. So, yes. I'm still pinching myself every time.

Jim Carey: He did an amazing job, and he's done that ever since. It's incredible to watch him. It's hard to have a perspective on it from inside myself. I just kind of feel like I could be working in a factory again in a month, or something like that. Loading trucks. That is kind of where I started out. Honestly, I don't have any perspective on it. It's one thing to the next. It's trying to do work, and trying to have fun with what's in front of me. Even today I think to myself, "Ugh, it's a junket!" Then I have to go to that place of, "I'm gonna try to enjoy every person who's in front of me in that moment, and try to live that way. That's what I do." I don't really think about iconic anything. I just try to do work and have fun doing it. Hopefully that translates. I do watch other people, like Steve, and I can sit back and go, "Whoa, man, that guy's good." I'm much more impressed with other people. We've got an amazing cast in this. The people that this project gathered are kind of incredible. It's like a who's who of comedy across five generations. Who's who. Yeah. It's really exciting. Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill, and Carol Burnett. I'm amazed by them, you know? I sat and I watched Knocked Up, and I went, "Wow. That's great work, man." These guys are doing incredible stuff. I wish I could be them. It's all about your perspective. It just feels good to be in it.

Question 7: Are there any other Dr. Suess stories that you would like to see brought to the big screen?

Steve Carell: I don't know. I'd love to do Green Eggs and Ham. I think I could do a lot with it.

Jim Carey: We could work in a box for Fox.

Steve Carell: It does sound ridiculous to even talk about it, doesn't it? But ultimately, you think about, "So you're doing Horton Hears a Who." It sounds sort of odd. You're in the movie version of Horton Hears a Who. Then you see it, and you say, "Of course." It completely makes sense. Maybe Green Eggs and Ham is a blockbuster of the future. You never know.

Jim Carey: That's an epic. That's an epic, for sure.

Question 8: The motto of the film is, "A Person is a person no matter how small." Do either of you have your own personal motto?

Jim Carey: Always turn your wheel in the direction of the skid. That's been my motto all along. That's really what I do.

Steve Carell: Be sure to use a washcloth? Because that's a good way to exfoliate.

Question 9: How does Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who transcend its story for the younger viewers?

Steve Carell: As a five or six-year-old, you don't think about how things transcend anything. You just think about how it resonates. However much anything resonates in a five or six-year-old. This is a book that resonates with kids. They don't understand the metaphors, and the richness of it. At the same time, it does resonates. There's something very specific about the theme. I think even a little kid can understand it. It's that everyone deserves equal footing in life. I think that's just a very basic tenet of being a creature of this world.

Jim Carey: As far as kids go, the thing that attracts them to this is not the deeper concepts involved. It's really just the fact that Dr. Seuss's creativity was so incredible. He was such an original artist. If you give a kid a character that he's never seen before, in a world he's never seen before, they're able to completely lose themselves in an imaginary space. At the same time, they're getting all these wonderful lessons. My own personal experience? I just looked at it and went. "You know, I've always been drawn to things that are different." I felt odd as a child. With anything odd, I went, "Oh, those are my people. The Snitches without Stars. I dig those people." There's something very original about the whole thing. That's what draws kids in. Myself? I listened to the books on tape. I didn't really ever see the pictures.

Question 10

Do you think the themes of Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who resonate stronger in this post-9/11 world?

Jim Carey: There's a butterfly effect to everything we do. Even to raise your voice has an effect that goes far beyond the room you're raising your voice in. Everything has an effect that way. We've seen it politically through the last few decades. There was an odd thing about "Charlie Wilson's War". I looked at that movie and I went, "Didn't he create Osama bin Laden?" But they left that part out, you know? The fact is, every time we go and try to mess with things, and figure it out, and squash somebody, we create somebody else. The act of fighting these fears we have creates more fear. In turn, that creates more aggression.

Steve Carell: I think that's valid. It's always hard when you talk about a post-9/11 world, because I honestly think this: The theme of this movie would have resonated before that happened. Even had it never happened. But perhaps because of that, people's general awareness is higher. I think we can look at it that way without getting too deep or too heavy with it. Because after all, it's a family movie. It's fun, it's funny, it's exciting, it's silly. Within that, there is a very true and pure theme to it.

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An adaptation of Dr. Seuss's 1954 children's book, Horton Hears a Who is about an imaginative elephant (Jim Carrey) who hears a cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. Suspecting there may be life on that speck and despite a surrounding community that thinks he has lost his mind, Horton is determined to help. Carell voices the mayor of Who-ville, a distinguished figure of a very small size, too small to be seen by the elephant's eyes.

Dr. Suess lives on in this big screen adaptation of the classic 1954 children's book

First time director Jimmy Hayward is bringing Dr. Suess' classic children's book Horton Hears a Who to the big screen this week. Based on Theodore Geisel's 1954 literary classic, the feature length animated film features the voice talents of Jim Carrey as Horton the Elephant. No one believes the imaginative pachyderm when he hears a tiny cry of help coming from a speck of dust. When he comes to believe that there may be life on this speck, he does everything in his power to save it. Steve Carell stars as the minuscule mayor of Who-ville, which resides on this tiny molecule floating through the air.

Director Hayward got his start working on such animated classics as Disney and Pixar's Toy Story and the Sony Animated Film Ice Age. Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who marks the man's big screen debut behind the lens. We recently caught up with Jimmy for a quick chat about the film. Here is that conversation:

Did you watch 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T before starting out on this expedition? It seems to be the one thing overlooked by most of the producers that decide to take on a Dr. Suess film.

Jimmy Hayward: Of course I've seen it. I know what that is. We looked at every single thing we could that Dr. Suess ever did. We looked at his 3-D sculptures, we looked at his fine art, we looked at his production design work. We looked at every single political cartoon. We looked at every single advertising illustration. Then Audrey Geisel, who worked as an Associate Producer on the movie, gave Steve Martino (Jimmy's co-director) and I access to all of the original archives. We held all of the original drawings in our hands. I read no less than twenty manuscripts of 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T that he had been written on an old typewriter. There was stuff Xed out that he didn't like, and there were notes written to himself. I read every memo between him and Chuck Jones when they were making the Grinch cartoon. "That's not how you do the eyes. You do the teeth like this." We looked at his work in such depth, there was no way we could have missed 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. No way.

That is a crazy amount of detective work that you did.

Jimmy Hayward: We wanted to get this right at any cost. We really had a belief in the original material, in the original story, and in the design. When I was a kid, I was obsessed with Horton Hears a Who. I used to look at those illustrations for hours. I'd think to myself, "Man, I want to run around with those little furry dudes." I wanted people to feel like they were really immersed in Dr. Suess' universe.

Going through Theodore Geisel's notes, did you learn anything new about Dr. Suess that you didn't previously know?

Jimmy Hayward: Yeah, man. The notes between him and Chuck Jones about the creation of the Grinch cartoon were really fascinating. There are signature design moves that we put in the movie based on those memos. We learned about the things he felt strongly about. Such as the design of the eyes. And the design of the muzzles. We learned a lot about his choices. And the fact that he didn't do anything by accident. He planned everything out very carefully.

Why the decision to make this animated as opposed to live action?

Jimmy Hayward: Because this is the best way to do it. Listen, to me, the live action movies were great and all. Jim Carey did Ron's movie, and he is in this movie too. Jim agrees that animation is the way to go. Because on "The Grinch" they couldn't animate the world. Instead, they got the most animated guy they could. This is more than just having an animated character. Or having a few scenes that are animated. We really wanted to show this incredible world. Animation was the only way to go. The animation style in this movie is so extreme from an animation standpoint. We used a lot of traditional animation techniques. We stretched arms thirty feet. The guys in the film don't answer the phone without a unique take on it. We felt that the only way to achieve that animated feel that Dr. Suess' work had was to do it this way. We pushed it really far and it was a lot of fun.

How did you manage to take such a short book and stretch it into an 80 minute feature?

Jimmy Hayward: Well, that is a great question. We did that with a lot of care. Rather than going in and adding a bunch of stuff, we made the decision while developing the script to leave Horton's story completely alone. We wanted to keep Horton's story intact. With the exception of one instance, every single moment of Horton's story that is in the book is in this movie. Like I said, I really liked Who-ville when I was a kid. In the book, we don't really see too much of Who-ville. The mayor is just this guy on top of a building yelling up. What we did was, we expanded the Who-ville story and wove it into the Horton story. I loved the dilemma that Horton had. That he believed this tiny world existed. In the face of great diversity, he stuck to his guns all the way through. In the end, he taught everybody that a person is a person, no matter how small. Which is such a fantastic theme. I wanted to take that theme and reflect it back into Who-ville. For instance, if you were shaving this morning and your drainpipe said, "Paulington, call up Jimmy and during the interview tell him it is the end of the world. There is a giant elephant in the sky." What would you do with that information? People would think you were a little crazy. In the movie, the mayor hears a voice in the sky saying, "You are a tiny speck and I am a giant elephant in the sky carrying you around." What would you do with that information? It was a giant dilemma for the mayor to have. How do you tell people that? How do you convince people that they have to get to safety until this elephant can help.

Do you think there is a narrative metaphor that speaks to what is going on in the world today?

Jimmy Hayward: Yeah. Listen, Ted Geisel did a lot of political cartoons during the Second World War that depicted the Japanese in a very negative light. He felt bad about that. He met a professor from Japan that he dedicated the book too. This guy was Japanese. Some say that Horton Hears a Who is a response to McCarthyism. They also look at it as a metaphor for the Japanese interment. There are a lot of interpretations. But at the end of the day it is about tolerance. Don't judge a group of people based on their differences. Just because they are smaller than you, or a different color than you, it is thematically about tolerance. It was relevant in 1954, it is relevant today, it is going to be relevant in a hundred and fifty years. It's a good message. A person is a person, no matter how small.

How do you think that affects the little kids that see it, and at this time might not be aware of this particular message?

Jimmy Hayward: I think it is important. I don't see anything wrong with that. People are going to interpret this in a lot of different ways. We kept everything thematically correct. All of Dr. Suess' work is incredible. He takes on a lot of political issues, mostly social issues, and boils them down to a very concise, unforgettable form that audience members from tiny children to old people will all get. They are not force-feeding it to you. It is presented in such an entertaining, cool way that it is all right. He took some difficult topics, and he got the message across. If you do it in an awesome way, and it doesn't hurt, than it is good.

Disney does that a lot. I meant that it was a good thing. It plants that seed.

Jimmy Hayward: Oh, I understand that you meant it as a good thing.

Going through Dr. Suess' notes, did you find anything that he wanted to do but never got a chance to? And were you able to bring it back into this?

Jimmy Hayward: That is a very interesting question. I don't know. I don't know how I feel about that. I don't know how to answer that one. I don't think so.

I thought maybe you stumbled across some old notes of his, and were able to bring in something that he was never able to do.

Jimmy Hayward: Well, we do incorporate a lot of stuff that people have never seen. We studied his fine art, and his sculptures. And we were able to bring some of that divine, eloquent structuring to the movie.

As far as your background goes, did you always start out with aspirations to be an animator?

Jimmy Hayward: I started out wanting to be a filmmaker. I have made live action movies, I have made animated movies, stop-motion, hand drawn, I even dressed my friends up in costumes. I just wanted to be a filmmaker from a very early age. I saw Spartacus, then Star Wars, and then Lawrence of Arabia. I sat and watched all of these epic films as a kid, and I always wanted to be a filmmaker. Animation just sort of happened. I realized that if I made an animated film, I didn't need all of my buddies to show up in character. I didn't have to worry about them getting there on time, and putting on these stupid outfits. It was way easier to do it by myself. It was more out of necessity than anything else. When I was a kid, I watched cartoons a lot. But I also watched a lot of actions movies. This is something I just fell into. And then I was lucky enough to work on Toy Story. Even though I love the animation process, my goal was always to be a director. I wanted to be able to tell a good story.

What about working with the voice talent? You are working with some pretty big comedy names in this thing. Even in some of the smaller roles.

Jimmy Hayward: One of the things I wanted to do was bring improvisational comedians into the movie. I learned from Ash Brandon on Toy Story 2 how important and powerful it is to get smart, funny people. It is good to have a script, but at some point, you want to be able to throw it away. These are very broad, visual individuals that we have here. I got my first choice for every single role. It was incredible. A wonderful experience. Jim is obviously super brilliant. Steve Carell is great. Getting to work with Carol Burnett is a major treat, obviously. She is so wonderful. As far as the younger guys, I have been a fan of Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill for a long time. I love Amy Poehler. We decided to get this group together, because these guys aren't just great improvisational performers, they are also great actors. These guys are all incredibly talented.

With people like Will Arnett, Seth Rogen, and Jonah Hill, when did you have them come onto this?

Jimmy Hayward: About three years ago.

At that time, they hadn't really hit their stride. Was this just a good bit of synchronicity?

Jimmy Hayward: Well, I had them come in and do these voices because I liked them and thought that they were funny. Not because I thought that they were going to blow up. I got them to do this because they are fantastic people, and they are hilarious.

Well, then...What are you working on in the future?

Jimmy Hayward: I don't know yet. I got a couple of things on the fire. Nothing I can really talk about right now.

Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who proved to have the biggest box office opening of not only this weekend, but of 2008 thus far. The Fox animated adaptation of the 1954 Suess classic roped in a healthy $45 million, high above industry expectations. The film, voiced by Jim Carey and Steve Carell, is the fifth biggest grosser in animated, G rated history. This can mean only one thing: A full-length theatrical adaptation of Green Eggs and Ham isn't very far off in the future.

Last week's 10,000 B.C. came limping into second place with a paltry $16.4 million, though it made double that of its third place competitor Never Back Down. The high-kicking kiddy Fight Club only managed to scrap $8 million worth of ticket sales together, but that was enough to make it a modest hit for Summit releasing. We will most likely see a sequel to this Karate Kid wannabe sometime in the near future.

Doomsday, the week's only other major release, hit with a thud in seventh place earning an estimated $4.7 million. On the indie front, Funny Games took in $520,000 on 289 screens, while the drama Sleepwalking raked in just under $50,000 on 30 screens.

Next week, Horton and the Mayor of Who-Ville will have to face down the behemoth Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns as well as Shutter, Drillbit Taylor, and The Grand.

In a startling upset, Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who miraculously beat Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns at the box office this Easter weekend, becoming the number one film for the second week in a row. The film took in an unsuspected $25 million, placing its cumulative gross at $86 million over the course of just fourteen days.

It seems that Tyler Perry's train has slowed down a bit. His highly anticipated follow-up to Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? titled Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns missed the top slot, sliding into second place with just $20 million. That is one million less than his last film made. Perry fans don't fret, though! His next project, Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys is being released September 12th, and the rather slow weekend should see him back at the top of his game.

This week's other two new major releases didn't fare quite as well. In third place was Twentieth Century Fox's Shutter, starring Joshua Jackson. The film raked in $10.7 million. Not a bad take for an Asian remake. Though, it didn't quite live up to The Eye's opening weekend take of $12 million. In forth place was the Judd Apatow produced film Drillbit Taylor. It grabbed $10.2 million, dropping it into forth place.

On the indie scene, Under the Same Moon took in a healthy $2.6 million on just 266 screens. This insured the film a place in the top ten. The only other art house flick that managed to register on the charts was Love Songs, which took in $21,900 on just two screens. This made the film number one in per screen averages. It took in an estimated $10,950 at each of the two theaters where it was shown, compared to Horton, which only made $6,336 on each of its individual screens.

Can Horton and the Mayor of Who-ville hold on for a third straight week in a row? The plucky little pic will be going up against Superhero Movie, Run, Fat Boy, Run, Stop Loss, and the Vegas caper 21.

Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who is coming to theaters on March 14. Over the weekend, Fox ran a unique contest where cities all across the country were turned into "Who-villes." These cities held gatherings where people would scream "We are here!" (the line from the film) and the city that recorded the highest decibels will win a hometown screening of the movie. We've been provided with a video featurette from this loud event. Click below to watch footage from this one-of-a-kind promotion.

UPDATE: The winner of this promotion, and new "WHO-ville" is Huntsville, Alabama. Their event was attended by their Mayor, Mayor Loretta Spencer and a very enthusiastic crowd that met in front of the Von Braun Arena parking lot before a Hockey Game (Huntsville Havoc vs. Columbus, GA Cottonmouths) to yell, "We Are Here!"

Mayor Loretta Spencer said "I am so proud of our city and excited to be hosting the VIP screening of Horton Hears a Who as something special to give back to our wonderful community - the military, the children and all of the residents who make the town such a special place to live."

A "who's who" of comedy, led by Jim Carrey and Steve Carell, bring to life Dr. Seuss' beloved Horton Hears a Who! An imaginative elephant named Horton (Carrey) hears a faint cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. Although Horton doesn't know it yet, that speck houses an entire city named Who-ville, inhabited by the microscopic Whos, led by the Mayor (Carell). Despite being ridiculed and threatened by his neighbors who think he has lost his mind, Horton is determined to save the particle...because "a person's a person no matter how small."

An adaptation of Dr. Seuss's 1954 children's book, Horton Hears a Who is about an imaginative elephant (Jim Carrey) who hears a cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. Suspecting there may be life on that speck and despite a surrounding community that thinks he has lost his mind, Horton is determined to help. Carell voices the mayor of Who-ville, a distinguished figure of a very small size, too small to be seen by the elephant's eyes.

Jim Carrey, who previously inhabited the world of Dr. Seuss as the title character in the smash hit The Grinch will voice the role of the immortal Horton, the elephant who knows that a person's a person, no matter how small. Steve Carell will voice the Mayor of Who-ville, a distinguished figure of a very small size, too small to be seen by the elephant's eyes.

The film is based on the beloved book, first published in 1954, by Ted Geisel, who wrote under the pen name Dr. Seuss. Seuss books are among the defining works of family literature, have sold over 200 million copies, and have been translated into fifteen languages. The "Horton" series (Horton Hears a Who, Horton Hatches the Egg) are consistently among the top-selling of all Seuss titles -- generation after generation.

Horton Hears a Who is about an imaginative elephant who hears a cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. Suspecting there may be life on that speck and despite a surrounding community which thinks he has lost his mind, Horton is determined to help.

On the 14th of September in 2006 ... Jim Carrey and Steve Carell joined the HORTON film mix.

The two comedy superstars will headline the cast of voices for Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who, a new CG animated feature film from 20th Century Fox Animation, the makers of the Ice Age films. Carrey, who previously inhabited the world of Dr. Seuss as the title character in the smash hit The Grinch" will voice the role of the immortal Horton, the elephant who knows that a person's a person, no matter how small. Carell will voice the Mayor of Who-ville, a distinguished figure of a very small size, too small to be seen by the elephant's eyes.

The casting was announced by Chris Meledandri, president of Twentieth Century Fox Animation.

The film marks the first time Carrey has lent his voice and talent to bring a CGI animated character to life. Carrey will next be seen this February in the psychological thriller The Number 23, directed by Joel Schumacher, and is set to star with Cameron Diaz in "A Little Game," to be directed by Gabriele Muccino.

Carell, who won the Golden Globe and was Emmy-nominated for his role in the Emmy-winning sitcom The Office, starred in the blockbuster film comedy The 40 Year Old Virgin and is currently starring in Little Miss Sunshine.

The film is based on the beloved book, first published in 1954, by Ted Geisel, who wrote under the pen name Dr. Seuss. Seuss books are among the defining works of family literature, have sold over 200 million copies, and have been translated into fifteen languages. The "Horton" series ("Horton Hears a Who," "Horton Hatches the Egg") are consistently among the top-selling of all Seuss titles -- generation after generation.

Horton Hears a Who is about an imaginative elephant who hears a cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. Suspecting there may be life on that speck and despite a surrounding community which thinks he has lost his mind, Horton is determined to help.

Horton Hears a Who is from Twentieth Century Fox Animation's Blue Sky Studios, whose recent Ice Age: The Meltdown grossed $650 million in worldwide theatrical box office. Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino will direct. The script adaptation is written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. The executive producers are Audrey Geisel, Chris Wedge and Chris Meledandri, and the producer is Twentieth Century Fox Animation production executive Bob Gordon. Twentieth Century Fox Animation VP John Cohen is overseeing the project.

Chris Meledandri, who guided the ICE AGE films from their inception, said of Horton Hears a Who, "At the heart of the movies that we make are the characters, and in Horton, Geisel has created a character with an unwavering moral center, a charming innocence, and a selfless willingness to protect others, even at his own expense. Of the 44 books he wrote, Horton Hears a Who is one of his strongest narratives, with enormous stakes -- the entire fate of a world hangs in the balance. Geisel had one of the greatest imaginations of the twentieth century, and Jim Carrey's extraordinary talents are a wonderful match to Geisel's vision. Steve Carell will not only be bringing his great comedic abilities to the role of the Mayor but also his uncanny gift of finding the humanity in every character he plays.

"The film's CG imagery," Meledandri added, "and the extraordinary artists at Blue Sky Studios will give us the opportunity to truly transport audiences into a Seuss world for the very first time."

Carol Burnett, Will Arnett, Seth Rogan, Isla Fisher, Dan Fogler, Amy Poehler, Dane Cook, Jaime Pressly and Jonah Hill are all lending their voices for the cast of the CG-animated comedy, Horton Hears a Who for 20th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios.

Jim Carrey will play Horton and Steve Carell will play the Mayor of Who-ville in the adaptation of the Dr. Seuss book; according to Variety, Burnett will voice the role of the always skeptical Kangaroo, however, no other characters were announced.

Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio wrote the screenplay; Horton Hears a Who opens in theaters March 14, 2008.

Twentieth Century Fox has just brought the official Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Whowebsite online. The new site features new downloads, such as wallpapers, icons and posters, as well as online games and more. Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who features the voices of Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett, Isla Fisher, Dan Fogler, Amy Poehler, Dane Cook, Jaime Pressly and Jonah Hill. The new website comes with four TV spots that you can check out below...

First published in 1954, by Ted Geisel, who wrote under the pen name Dr. Seuss, Horton Hears a Who is about an imaginative elephant who hears a cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. Suspecting there may be life on that speck and despite a surrounding community that thinks he has lost his mind, Horton is determined to help.

The film is based on the beloved book, first published in 1954, by Ted Geisel, who wrote under the pen name Dr. Seuss. Horton Hears a Who is about an imaginative elephant who hears a cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. Suspecting there may be life on that speck and despite a surrounding community which thinks he has lost his mind, Horton is determined to help.

A new CG animated feature film from 20th Century Fox Animation, the makers of the Ice Age films, based on the beloved book, first published in 1954, by Ted Geisel, who wrote under the pen name Dr. Seuss. Seuss books are among the defining works of family literature, have sold over 200 million copies, and have been translated into fifteen languages. The Horton series (Horton Hears a Who, Horton Hatches the Egg) are consistently among the top-selling of all Seuss titles - generation after generation. HORTON HEARS A WHO is about an imaginative elephant who hears a cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. Suspecting there may be life on that speck and despite a surrounding community which thinks he has lost his mind, Horton is determined to help.

Twentieth Century Fox and its animated event movie DR. SEUSS' HORTON HEARS A WHO! starring Jim Carrey, Steve Carell and Carol Burnett, challenged communities across the USA to raise their voices in one designated area and proclaim We Are Here! just as Who-ville's Whos do in the film's thrilling climax. They'll be listening for the loudest gatherings in each community.